4000 FCE Vocabulary List

n. 出租马车,汽车 taxi; a one-horse vehicle for public hire
I was supposed to meet Mrs. Girard at the building in five minutes; she called a cab to drive me to the station.

a. 尸体似的,苍白的 like a corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
By his cadaverous appearance, we could see how the disease had ravaged him.

v. 计算,估计 compute; determine; estimate
He can tell you how to measure and calculate residential square footage.

n. 计算,考虑 planning something carefully and intentionally
The calculation and the hope are that North Korea's nuclear program is really a diplomatic gambit, designed to extract economic and political concessions.

a. (天气,海洋等)静的,平静的 freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity
It was the cool gray dawn, and there was a sense of peace in the deep pervading calm and silence of the woods.

v. 伪装 exploit natural surroundings to disguise something; conceal
To rescue Han Solo, Princess Leia decided to camouflage herself in the helmet and cloak of a space bandit.

n. (政治或商业性)活动,竞选活动 battle; a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
The Clinton campaign has raised more money in the first three months of this year than all nine Democratic candidates combined.

n. 运河,沟渠,(人体内的)管道 an artificial channel filled with water; tube or duct
Many oceangoing ships are sailing on the canal, which is a shortcut to save time and money.

n. 取消 act of canceling; calling off some arrangement
They've called for the cancellation of all of Mozambique's foreign debt so that all available resources can be channeled into the reconstruction of the country.

a. 率直的,坦白的 straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
In private, I gave them my candid opinion.

n. 候选人 a person who is considered for something; a person who is nominated for an office, prize, or honor
The European Union is welcoming these ten candidate countries with open arms and broad smiles.

n. 茎,笞杖,棍,棒 any plant with long, hard, elastic stems;  walking stick
The man was so weak that he had to walk with a cane.

n. 同类相食 the practice of eating the flesh of your kind
Cannibalism is an undeniable occurrence rooted in antiquity and branching forth to the present-day.

n. 加农炮,大炮 great gun; firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force; loop at the top of a bell by which it is hung
Am I the only one to notice where the cannon is aiming?

n. 经典,真作 law, rule, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
She kept the durable canon of American short fiction.

n. 帆布,画布 heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative
My canvas is my life, and I give you the colors and brushes of me.

v. 调查,投票 determine votes; examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize
After volunteers helped canvass his constituents' sentiments, the congressman was confident that he represented the majority opinion of his district.

n. 能力,性能,容量 quality of being capable; capacity; skill
Recently, a non-programmer friend pointed out that there is no simple explanation of the web's capability.

a. 有能力的 having the ability required for a specific task
Canadian politicians have been capable of ending this primitive practice.

n. 容量,生产量,能力 mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
Mike had the capacity to handle several jobs at once.